Last year, stolen payment card data, ATM robberies and similar crime brought 439 million euros, or over LTL 1.5 billion worth of losses to European financial institutions. That is 43 per cent, or EUR 133 million more than in 2006, non-governmental organisation European ATM Security Team has reported.

There are no official data as to the damages that Lithuanian banks suffered as a result of theft from ATMs, yet one thing is sure – the number of such crimes in our country is on the rise.